takeover target. one phone shall buyer could be google.ñ9évÑ google offering $6 kbrinl for the site. back in 2010. california attorney general filed a first ever privacy law sult against the maker of a smart phone app. the suit accuses delta airlines of not including a privacy policy in its fly delta app. and the atmosphere app collects names, e mail addresses and other information. a spokesperson tells bloomberg the airline does not comment on pending litigation. apple and samsung back in court arguing over the patent infringement award granted this summer. the judge does not rule on the issues including questions about juror misconduct and a potential ban on some products. she did, though, call for global peace and said she was finished with rulings before the end of the year. as for markets, stocks closed mostly higher after today's better than expected jobs report. your bloomberg silicon valley index was down. apple and google sensed drags on the index. ibm is changing the way it contributes to plans, instead of making payments twice per month, ibm will pay a lump sum. workers who lea

. >>> yahoo mail is stepping up its game in a bid to catch up to google's g mail. sunnyvale company unveiled a new look for its free e-mail service as well as new e-mail apps for smart phones and tablets. on the company's blog yahoo ceo say it is redesign makes the inbox more intuitive and easier to navigate. used to work at google where she play add key role in gmail. . >>> delta rare line social security buying a big stake in virgin atlantic. $360 million for nearly half of virgin. the deal gives delta a larger share in the new york to london route. it should make it easier for travelers to make connections in the u.s. to the uk. delta used to have three flights a day to new york and now with virgin it's going to have nine. >>> the bay area dungeness crab season is suddenly back in business some two weeks after a price stalemate brought boats to a standstill. as rob ross reports crab fishermen now scrambling to get their boats back in the water by morning. >> crab fishermen are getting ready, many are loading squid under their boats today to use as crab bait. some tells us they ex

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. yahoo mail has fallen to number three in the world. the company hoping to regain ground on google's g mail. and final shipment arrived. there has been a rush on products ever since the company would announce it would liquid date and close over a labor dispute. >> a couple has two precious gifts to be thankful for. take a look at these dorable bundles. kate and annie are just 34 days old. but boy, they've been through a lot. they were rare high-risk twins that share the same am knee yotic sack. they were born 10 weeks early during an emergency delivery. >> pretty scary. they didn't have a super high percentage chance of making it. so... we consulted quite a few people but we decided to proceed and it was a little bit scary well. tried to not think bit all the time oo. babies continue to recover. first time parents hope to take the girls home by new years. if they're lucky by christmas. >> that would be wonder oofl how much closer to going over fiscal cliff tonight? we'll bring you that story when ke come back. >> a truck driver gets the blame for a fatal amtrak accident if acting jus

information there or download it at the apple app store or google play >> 5:10. >>> next, the search for a grinch who stole more than christmas outside a southern california art shop. >>> the new mobile app that could make your search for parking easier. a story only on abc7 news. >>> we are on storm watch. you are looking at live doppler showing you radar returns of moderate rain, some heavy in the bay area, north bay areas especially. mike has the latest l ñ >>> plan on using the wipers on this wet morning. if you look carefully you can see the droplets landing on the lens as we show you the embarcadero. more weather and traffic coming up. >>> police say an autistic girl was kidnapped and repeatedly rape. she wandered away a youth center november 27th. the staff tells us by law they could not stop her they lost track of her at the fruitvale bart station the man grabbed her, took her to his home in san francisco then raped her over several days. place arrested 36-year-old gary atkinson sunday. prosecutors have charged him with performing lewd acts upon a child and rape of a

... that would hurt all of us. megyn: a controversial report. google is accused of avoiding $2 billion in income taxes in 2011 by moving -- by sifting $9.8 billion into scene offshore shell company in bermuda. now people are questioning barack obama relationship with a google executive. joining me now, stuart varney. thank you for being here. wait a minute. ex ceo snow, the google chairman. >> reporter: he is the executive chairman now. for 10 years he was the chief executive officer. he ran google. during his running of google google parked this $9.8 billion in bermuda, thereby avoiding the heavy tax that would have had to have been paid -- if $10 billion had been brought back to america. megyn: is that legal? >> reporter: it's perfectly legal and some would say that's the responsibility of google and eric smith. megyn: so who cares, i know everybody wants everybody to pay more taxes. >> reporter: it may be a case of hypocrisy. we have eric smith at google deliberately avoiding a high tax which the president he supports pushes on american corporations. megyn: he doesn't have t

there. to navigate this mess you can go to google play it is free or the app store. >>> 5:11. >>> apple's huge patent victory over samsung may not be a long one why a judge may be ready to slash a jury's billion dollar verdict. >>> the events sparks outrage not for the reason you might think. . >>> good morning. 5:14. live look at dry embarcadero and the bay bridge in the background no rain but there's fog as well as chilly temperatures. >> yes. federal judge in san jose appears ready to reduce a one billion dollar jury verdict apple won against samsung. the judge told lawyers for both companies yesterday that jurors may have miscalculated damages and she was inclined to trim the award. a jury in august found 26 of samsung's smartphones and tablets were built with technology owned by apple. the judge says she would issue several rulings in the coming weeks. >>> san francisco-based zynga wants to create a real money gambling experience for users. the firm has filed an application for a gambling license with nevada regulators. experts say zynga need as decisional revenue source

about what gaggle is paying and it -- what google is paying and it isn't paying in taxes. 10 billion dollars in revenue shipped to bermuda shell company avoiding two billion dollars in income taxes. the shell company is legal. analysts say this news is likely to fuel outrage that google and other tech companieses dodging taxes. google's overall rate is at 21%. >>> traffic and weather together, next. live look outside now you see the san mateo bridge and we see traffic moving well. we also see clear skies and mike will have the full forecast coming up. sue will check traffic. >>> firefighters in san leandro mopping up a big rig fire that took a dangerous turnover night. amy hollyfield joins us live with new video of the fiery mess. >> reporter: take a look what the is left of this truck, just the shelf it this gives you an idea of how hot this fire burned. now look at this amazing video of the fire. firefighters let it burn for about an hour they had to sit and watch this they had to wait for pg&e to get to the scene and activate the power lines. this truck was delivering laundry to a

by quietly collecting information about them and selling it. speaking of google's android, goodle has opened a campus in tel aviv, where it plans to help promising startups in the promised land and maybe they can explain why g-mail went down today. folks took to twitter with advice, like, g-mail is down. go and have lunch with somebody you care about. melissa? >> g-mail and drive was done, apparently. what's the trade on google, pete? >> i like google, but i still think when you look at yahoo!, one of this things we talked about recently is, how yahoo! is actually starting to steal back some of that search. who are they stealing it from? they are taking some of it from google. i like this yahoo! story right now. i think you have more upside. >> amen. >> all right. >> we talk about it for awhile now. >> we have. we have. >> jane? >> all right, finally, this john mcafee story is right out of hollywood. we need to start casting the movie. one likely candidate is vladic sheybal who played dr. boogalow. but i found the late, great roy shader, seen as bob fossey in "all that jazz." unfo

google play maneuver your commute this morning or any morning. >>> still ahead, kate middleton walks out of a london hospital overnight. we have new video. >>> consumer alert from 7 on your side. the infant recliner blamed for five deaths. new action just announced by government officials. >>> catch the raiders and broncos tonight here on abc 7. larry biel and sports anchor mike shumann will tweet during the game you can follow them. you can also get updates on facebook.com/abc7news. >>> welcome back. doesn't this make you feel better about the morning commute? it won't be raining and your commute won't take three times as long. let's talk about fun. temperatures in the 50s now. as we head into the noon hour when the gates open over at the coliseum, 56°, we start to see sun break out, brighter 3:00 and 58, game time 5:20, partly cloudy and 56, 9:00 still partly cloudy, around 50°. have fun. >>> new morning, the duchess of cambridge has left a london hospital where she was being treated for acute morning sickness related to her pregnancy. this is new video of a smiling kate middleto

. it's the company's attempt to regain some of the ground lost to google. the company is hoping to cater to the growing audience who check their email on smartphones and tablet computers. yahoo also introduced mobile apps for the i-phone, i-pad and devices powered by microsoft's recently released windows 8 system. hear what the 49ers are saying about the big match up against new england. and the bounty suspensions against the new england since are going to throw those out or to mark those coming up. against the new orleans saints bounty charges? >>jacqueline: the rainfall is going to continue with shower and a blast of cold arctic air. temperatures only in the 50s tomorrow afternoon. thursday, we are talking 30's. and it's even 20's possible. it is going to be cool thursday toward what we can see is scattered to the north bay. and as it goes towards the south is breaking apart. from one band to areas of patchy rain. spotty showers and also indicating that we're going to see showers tomorrow. it is extensive and has this look at futurecast. continuing by 1:00 p.m., overnight with he

google fiber as the speedy its internet connection in the u.s., with average download speeds of 2.5 mb per second. but the bad news google fiber is only available in just one place right now which is kansas city, kansas. for the rest of us, and netflix says bryozoan effort by all as ranks no. 2, at nearly 2.2 mb per second. while comcast, said at a close third. >> doubles e-mail service has gotten a makeover. the new revamps in box is more user-friendly and caters to people check their e-mail smart phones and tablet computers. is the company's attempt to regain some of the ground lost a google. y'alls new ceo marissa mayer this tried to give people more reasons to use the company's on-line services and stick or around longer. >> >> new this morning there is something perfect for those who like to shop online and also impatient about getting the items. starting to that the financially struggling postal service is launching their same day delivery that could have those items delivered as soon as two hours after you buy them. >> we will go to will tran where he is waiting at the post o

out free app you can download at the app or or google play. >>> live to cortamadera look outside you can see the rain causing pooling water on lucky drive, persistent problem in the north bay whenever it rains here's video from earlier north of there on highway 101 near sir francis drake. as mike mentioned the wet weather is expected to continue throughout the morning you will want to stay with the abc7 morning news for the latest information. coming up, back live to terry mcsweeney for an update on the conditions. >>> more rain definitely a concern in marin county for some still digging out off a -- digging out. one resident snapped this picture of his home, six inches of mud covered his lawn it filled his pool too. four inches of water ruined floors in two hopes. stay with abc7 news for continuing storm watch coverage. track the -- storm any time at abc7news.com. when weather hits your area your photos to ureport. >>> developing news now out of berkeley, police are trying to figure out who shot a woman on a bicycle outside a middle school overnight near sacramento and war stree

foot possible above 7,000 feet. >>> trending on google, new england patriots and houston texans tom brady threw four touchdowns last night. one of the top searches today, right to work. michigan's governor expected to sign legislation today making that state a right too work state meaning you don't have to pay union dues when working in a union shop. >>> more about the medical condition keeping former president mandela hospitalize. he is you ever something from a recovering lung infection and is responding to treatment. he has been in the hospital since saturday it >>> americans are drinking less milk. milk consumption down 30% since 1975 one dairy trade group is calling the drop a crisis and says it is not.9y sustainable. the reason clouds -- includes the growing popularity of -- [ unintelligible ] >>> proud san sis cans will not be happy to -- san franciscans will not be happy to learn that boston is the top city with sf second, seattle, vancouver and new york. san francisco stands out in environmental leadership around ialship edged -- and entrepreneurialship edged out by boston.

sluggish areas. >> >> welcome back. apple and google, bitter rivals in smart phone technology, have joined up for to make a combined bid for a bundle of patents offer by photography pioneer kodak. reporters say that apple and google have abandoned competing bids for the portfolio if to offer a combined $5 million. if the sum is the minimum code that can sell the patents for instill gave a $830 million loan that is crucial to getting the company at a bankruptcy. kodak filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in january after struggling to adapt to the world of digital photography. >> mobil-payments company squier says is now offering digital gift cards. now anyone can purchase a card from the 250,000 merchants that accept square wallet, and have that lets consumers pay with their smart phones. >> the white house is expanding its social media outreach, joining the picture and video web site pinter is. the obama administration says that that was sure pins and boards of that range from inspiring images and close. >> the national hanukkah menorah was lit during a ceremony at the nation

. >>pam: google users had a rough day. a widespread g-mail outage this morning kept users from accessing their e-mail for a few hours. but that's not all.other technical problems plagued the tech giant today. many users reported problems with a slew of services.chrome, google drive and google calendar all went down today. all services have since been restored. >> many children have listed a tablet or smartphone on their wish list this holiday season. the federal trade commission is reminding parents about apps that collect kids' personal data. karin caifa has the details. >> its talbots and smart phones are hot items. if they will be receiving a mobile device for the first time in. with more attacks savvy kids the apps designed just for them has grown. parents should be mindful of collected data. even if it is still issued as " children from a. >> the ftc saying that apps aimed at c children and what types of data i used they decide find that 60 percent is transforming information from the mobile device back to the developer or a third- party like an advertiser. one in five would disclos

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industry. now, google has released a new downloadable maps app for the iphone. this comes after am removed google maps in favor of its own software. that app led to an apology from app apple's ceo tim cook. the new map allows for turn by turn basis. it is available for download now from the itunes apps store. both apple and google shares are down about .5% and that is in line with what we're seeing in the broader index. so now, american airlines critters reportedly would prefer an all-stock merger with rival us airways. reports say a sdis decision by amr on whether to pursue a deal or remain a stand alone company is expected next month. america filed for bankruptcy last year. amr critters would own 730% of the airlines with a value of potentially $8.5 billion. >>> and jeffrey the ga rav won't be getting out much over the next few weeks. for the third straight year, toys r us says it will keep stores over 24/7 to 10:00 p.m. on christmas eve. the retailer's flagship store has been opened around the clock since december 2nd. toys r us joins macy's on the late shift. macy's will be ope

instagram. the twitter app is available in google play store. >>> scientists think porcupines may hold key to less painful shots. new study says the way the animals' quills are designed, reduces force to pierce tissue. they think it will help develop new needles. the adhesive could have medical use. >> don't recommend you pick them up by hand. >>> next, mare island mystery. search resuming today for the man who disappeared from a tugboat. >>> it was made official in the last 45 minutes, virgin atlantic has a new partner. we'll have details. >> is a cashmere sweater on your gift list? what you need to know before you hit the department stores. >>> now at 6:00, live look outside embarcadero san francisco looking calm now. approaching storm is about to hit the bay area -- [ inaudible ] >>> good morning 6:00 on this tuesday thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. >>> and i'm eric thomas. first up a look at weather forecast. >>>

doing. and top five google searches of the year, including celebrities, a music craze and a video game. >> now, here is a look at what is ahead on abc world news at 5:30. >> hello, carey lynn and dan and everyone in the bay area tonight. on world news, we've learned more, too, but b.that shooter in the shopping mall in oregon. we'll tell everybody what we've learned with an interview. we've issued a challenge, you know, and so many people answered the call. incredible imagination about the one thing you're buying that made in america. astonishing ideas making a big difference tonight for great made in america christmas. we'll have them after abc 7 >>> a welcome change for bart passengers. bart increasing patrols and offering safety escorts at stations starting tomorrow. bart is adding more patrols in downtown san francisco, and in the east bay, bart is teeming wupt oakland police department to provide us supreme courts at the west oakland station. volunteers at the station will be there tomorrow from 4:00 to 8:00 to escort passengers parked within a three block radius of the stati

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google maps iphone a pp. >> it was three months ago that the apple released its software upgrade that dumped google maps and replace it with apple maps. so many complaints with apple maps like placing landmarks and cities in the wrong places. >> issues with apple macs prompted ceo tim cook to apologize for the app. >> the new app for global maps not as good as their original one. but certainly better than the apple macs. >> from someone who has used it all thank you mark. >> he is voicing something that a lot of people have been shouting about for a while. >> it is not really a great solution. >> we will take a break. coming up on 7:15 a.m.. we will get a update on weather and traffic. an update on the san mateo bridge which has been a troublespots all along. hopefully things ♪ secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart disease and even death. speak up about secondhand smoke. your health and the health of your family depend on it. we have a new hot spot on the peninsula. a mass on highway 101. let us take a look at the traffic map. south

, the directionally challenged. this is the news we have been waiting for. here we go. google maps is back for apple's iphone 5. the new google maps app for the iphone was released last night. it comes out three months after apple replaced google maps with its own mapping technology. as many of us know, that was a complete disaster. as we have reported. so now google maps are back on the iphone. it was so bad, apple axed two of their executives because that software was so bad. so smart move, apple. thank you. >> and their ceo came out and said we really screwed up. the whole reason for this relationship falling apart between apple and google and the reason apple went on their own, google did not want to give apple access to turn-by-turn directions, which is very important to some of us. >> myself included. >> i'm like go north? is that right or left? >> exactly, the digital world is a little competitive there. i have trouble on the set. >> last time i got off the subway, i started walking in the wrong direction. i have no sense of direction. >> me either. no one. my entire family. >>

is available at the google store. and it is coming soon to the apple store. gabe slate tech report >>jacqueline: with cooler temperatures and even more as we go for the overnight and the rainfall returning to the forecast. this live look where we are seeing clear and cooler conditions but the rain fall tonight and tomorrow. temperatures quite cold. temperatures in the 30's for out the bay area and as we take a look the satellite and radar showing through our northern california. take a look further towards washington you can see the blue indicating snowfall. cold air from canada of with this system. as we take a look at the rainfall for tonight. we will start at 8:00 p.m. and continue it is not that organized. heavier through petaluma, and the san mateo coast. by 5:00 p.m., still some showers but not that wide spread. it will continue for the afternoon. some spotty showers here, there in the 4:00 p.m. hour and into the 8:00 p.m. hour as for temperatures they're going to stay on the cool side. 50s through san francisco, 52 in san rafeal. 50s in san jose. the storm is a cold one we'r

mayer took over as the new ceo five months ago. trying to compete with google. that's a tough competitor. see how it goes. >> they're a monsta. >> hour speaker of the house. >> ashley morrison of cbsmoneywatch.com, thank you. >>> you can catch a ride to los angeles from san francisco and it all starts today for a buck. it's part of a promotion from a newest coast service called megabus. double-decker buses will provide trips down to los angeles. there is the bus right there. a live look. and they go to reno, too. the dollar fare by the way is only good for this week. it will go up but looks like you're riding in comfort down to l.a. and a lot of folks taking advantage of that today. >>> speak of today, once in a lifetime date. it's 12/12/12. it spawns mass weddings and a lot of superstition. >> just being born on this day is lucky enough. but how about entering the world exactly at 12:12 a.m.? somebody did it. >> somebody did. >> that's this little one. ann do was born is this morning. mom and dad say she is a good luck charm. numerologists say 12 represents new beginnings whi

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